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SG/SM/6184

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FREE OF RACISM, IN MESSAGE ON OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

20 March 1997


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SG/SM/6184
RD/875


SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FREE OF RACISM, IN MESSAGE ON OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

19970320 Says Abuse of Internet to Promote Racism and Xenophobia 'Unprecedented Challenge' for International Community and Governments

SG/T/2089

ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN PARIS AND THE HAGUE, 1 - 4 MARCH

14 March 1997


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SG/T/2089


ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN PARIS AND THE HAGUE, 1 - 4 MARCH

19970314

On Saturday, 1 March, the Secretary-General met with Robert Hue, Secretary-General of the French Communist Party. They discussed United Nations reform, finances, Zaire, the Middle East and United Nations major conferences.

SG/SM/6181

SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED BY KILLING OF ISR"LI SCHOOLGIRLS, STRESSES NEED FOR RENEWED CONFIDENCE IN PEACE PROCESS

13 March 1997


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SG/SM/6181


SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED BY KILLING OF ISRAELI SCHOOLGIRLS, STRESSES NEED FOR RENEWED CONFIDENCE IN PEACE PROCESS

19970313 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General was shocked by the news that a Jordanian soldier fired upon a group of Israeli schoolgirls, killing seven and wounding several others.

SG/SM/6179

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED TO GIVE REAL MEANING TO IDEALS OF WOMEN'S EQUALITY AND PARTICIPATION

10 March 1997


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SG/SM/6179
WOM/957


SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED TO GIVE REAL MEANING TO IDEALS OF WOMEN'S EQUALITY AND PARTICIPATION

19970310 Addressing Status of Women Commission, Kofi Annan Says Women's Programmes Will Be Protected in UN Reform Process

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the opening meeting of the forty-first session of the Commission on the Status of Women at Headquarters this morning;

SG/SM/6178

GOOD MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES IS NOT POSSIBLE UNLESS FULL ATTENTION IS PAID TO DIMENSION OF GENDER

7 March 1997


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SG/SM/6178
WOM/954


GOOD MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES IS NOT POSSIBLE UNLESS FULL ATTENTION IS PAID TO DIMENSION OF GENDER

19970307

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Group on Equal Rights for Women in the United Nations delivered in New York today:

Thank you for inviting me to join you in this week's celebration of International Women's Day.